Gujarat: COVID-19 cases mount to 516; death toll 24
Ahmedabad, Apr 12 (TI) The total number of COVID-19cases in Gujarat jumped to 516 on Sunday with 48 more peopletesting positive for the novel coronavirus, a senior Healthdepartment official said.
With two more persons succumbing to the infection inAhmedabad, the number of the people who have died of COVID-19in the state so far has gone up to 24, the official said.
Of the 48 new cases being reported in the last 24hours, 39 were from Ahmedabad, 6 from Vadodara and 3 fromAnand, the official said.
"The total number of cases in Ahmedabad now stands at282, followed by Vadodara which has reported 101 cases," saidPrincipal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi.
At 12, Ahmedabad has reported the highest number ofCOVID-19 deaths.
The deceased from Ahmedabad on Sunday included a 75-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman, Ravi said.
While the deceased man was suffering from high bloodpressure, the woman had a lung disease, Ravi added.
The number of COVID-19 deaths from Surat stood at 4while Vadodara and Bhavnagar each have reported 2 deths,followed by Gandhinagar, Panchmahal, Patan and Jamnagar whichhave reported one death each, Ravi said.
The number of the patients who have been recoveredfrom COVID-19 and discharged from hospitals stood at 44 withno new recovery reported on Sunday.
Among other districts, Surat has reported 28 COVID-19cases, followed by Bhavnagar (23), Rajkot (18), Patan (14),Bharuch (8), Anand (8), Kutch (4). While Porbandar and ChhotaUdepur each reported 3 cases, Mehsana and Gir Somnath eachreported 2 cases while one case has been reported each fromPanchmahal, Jamnagar, Morbi, Sabarkantha and Dahod.
Ravi said a total of 11,715 samples have been testedin Gujarat. A total of 2012 samples among them were tested inthe last 24 hours.
While 516 samples have tested positive so far, theresults of 332 others are pending.
Out of the total 448 "active" patients, the conditionof 444 is stable, while four others are on ventilators, Ravisaid.
So far, 428 people have contracted the viral infectionthrough local transmission.
The number of patients with inter-state travel historystood at 32 while 33 others had travelled abroad earlier, asper the Health department. KA PD GKiNSK NSK